Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6 Verse 24

भगवद् गीता अध्याय 6 श्लोक 24

English Translation - Swami Gambirananda

6.24 By totally eschewing all desires which arise from thoughts, and restraining with the mind itself all the organs from every side;

English Translation - Swami Sivananda

6.24 Abandoning without reserve all desires born of Sankalpa (thought and imagination) and completely restraining the whole group of the senses by the mind from all sides.

English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

6.24. In order ot renounce completely all desires that are born of intention, let a person, restraining the group of sense-organs from all sides by mind alone;

English Commentary - Swami Sivananda

6.24 सङ्कल्पप्रभवान् born of Sankalpa (imagination)? कामान् desires? त्यक्त्वा having abandoned? सर्वान् all? अशेषतः without reserve? मनसा by the mind? एव even? इन्द्रियग्रामम् the whole group of senses? विनियम्य completely restraining? समन्ततः from all sides.Commentary Without reserve The mind is so diplomatic that it keeps certain desires for its secret gratification. Therefore you should completely abandon all desires without reservation.Desire is born of imagination (Sankalpa). Therefore destroy the Sankalpa first. If the imagination is annihilated first then the desires will die by themselves. Mark here All the senses must be controlled from all sides by the mind. Even if one sense is turbulent in one direction it will distract the mind often and often. The senses will be absorbed in the mind by the constant practice of abstraction (Pratyahara). Then the mind will not think of the objects of sensepleasure and will become perfectly calm.That mind which is endowed with a strong discrimination and dispassion will be able to control the whole ground (or group) of the senses from their objects in all directions. Therefore cultivate strong Viveka or discrimination between the Real and the unreal and also Vairagya or total dispassion for sensual pleasures. (Cf.II.62)

English Translation of Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Shankaracharya's

6.24 See Commentary under 6.25

English Translation of Commentary - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

6.24 See Comment under 6.25

English Translation of Ramanuja's Sanskrit Commentary

6.24 - 6.25 There are two kinds of desires: 1) those born of contact between the senses and objects like heat, cold etc.; 2) those generated by our mind (will) like that for sons, land etc. Of these, the latter type of desires are by their own nature relinishable. Relinishing all these by the mind through contemplation on their lack of association with the self; having relinished the ideas of pleasure and pain in respect of unavoidable desires resulting from contract; restraining all the senses on all sides, i.e., from contact with all their objects - one should think of nothing else, i.e., other than the self. Little by little with the help of intellect controlled by firm resolution, i.e., by the power of discrimination, one should think of nothing else, having fixed the mind on the self.

Commentary - Chakravarthi Ji

Rudra Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary

Having renounced all desires which arise due to infatuation of the mind for
sense objects as well as renouncing the impressions within the mind from
past sense experiences which are tangible obstructions to the achievement
of yoga or the science of the individual consciousness attaining communion
with the ultimate consciousness. Controlling the senses from meandering in
all directions by the strength of the purified mind which views sense
gratification as a detrimental activity for spiritual development. This
verse is a continuation of the previous verses and Lord Krishna is
encouraging the practice of this superior yoga.

Brahma Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary

There is no commentary for this verse.

Shri Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary

There is no commentary for this verse.

Kumara Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary

In verse eighteen Lord Krishna already explained that fixed concentration
in the atma or soul frees one from the craving of sense enjoyments. Now
reflecting that these enjoyments are the primary oppressors against the
practice of yoga or the science of the individual consciousness attaining
communion with the ultimate consciousness, and are very difficult to
eradicate due to latent impressions from past activities; Lord Krishna
gives advice how to abandon them with the words sankalpa-prabhavan meaning
desires of the world. The word sankalpa is the conceived images of ones
desires. In the minds of the ignorant they are the forms of worldly objects
yearned for. They also include the latent desires in the memory from the
remembrance of past experiences of sensual pleasures and enjoyments in the
thinking of: I enjoyed that and I want to enjoy this. These ideas and
mentality are detrimental obstructions in the furtherance of yoga and are
veritably the root cause of misery and suffering. One should reflect that
they arise from the interactions of the sense objects in material existence
and contemplating their banal and mundane nature develop a healthy aversion
to engaging the body and the mind in their sense desires.